A CONTINENTAL GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE ENAMEL PAINTING of rectangular form with cut corners, the top panel with a miniature enameled painting depicting Diogenes in Search of an Honest Man after a composition by Salvator Rosa, the central panel surrounded by a border of powder blue, white and black enamel with chased gold foliage, the side panels and the central panel on the base with a chevron guilloche ground covered with translucent cobalt blue enamel, length: 9 cm (9 1/2 in.), indistinct hallmarks on the inside, 140.5 g. PLEASE NOTE If you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.